Pacific Grove police have identified Richard Haffner as the man killed Sunday at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course after they found him engulfed in flames. Police would not release any more details as of Monday afternoon.

Police are investigating the death of a man they found engulfed in flames Sunday morning at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course.

Employees in the golf course's restaurant and pro shop saw the man in flames running in the area of the stone restroom near Crespi Pond and the tees of the 17th hole on Ocean View Boulevard about 7:20 a.m.

Numerous calls to Pacific Grove police and the Monterey Fire Department reported a man and building on fire. Police arrived first and found the man and a fence outside the bathroom on fire. An officer immediately extinguished the flames but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police Chief Vicki Myers said the man was in his 50s and investigators believe they know his identity from documents found in his car, which was parked nearby. Myers said his name will not be released until the coroner confirms his identity and notifies his family Monday or Tuesday.

Peter Mitchell, an attendant in the pro shop, said the car was a 2004 or 2005 Mercedes. He said two of three tees at the 17th had to be closed while police investigated, otherwise play proceeded on the course.

The bathrooms and burned fence were closed with police tape Sunday afternoon. Course marshall John Rapp was ferrying golfers from the 17th hole to the clubhouse restrooms. He said fellow employees reported the flames they witnessed were so large they initially thought a car was on fire.

Myers said the incident was also witnessed by a member of the public who was near the ocean and Pacific Grove Recreation Trail at the time. She declined to release other details, citing the ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call 648-3143.